as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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Recent Examples of overstep
By finding that Bondi and the Department of Justice overstepped limits on temporary appointments, judges have raised constitutional concerns about executive power, the integrity of federal prosecutions, and the stability of the DOJ itself.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Beyond offering help, further conversation with him about his belongings is overstepping.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
More important, though, is the fact that the judge who posited that hordes of deserters could follow Vovchenko’s example seems to be overstepping his role.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
The board is also presenting the four-day school week as an issue of local control — an ongoing tension between state lawmakers and larger cities in Missouri — suggesting the state is overstepping by requiring a public vote.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Beyond offering help, further conversation with him about his belongings is overstepping.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
More important, though, is the fact that the judge who posited that hordes of deserters could follow Vovchenko’s example seems to be overstepping his role.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
The board is also presenting the four-day school week as an issue of local control — an ongoing tension between state lawmakers and larger cities in Missouri — suggesting the state is overstepping by requiring a public vote.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstep
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Starbucks expects the total value of its China retail business to exceed $13 billion, including the value of licenses, according to the statement.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Australia’s hypersonic ambition Hypersonic flight, defined as speeds exceeding Mach 5, has become one of the most strategically important frontiers in aerospace and defense.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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And the 39-point advantage goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the beginning of summer, for the first time in months, my daily step count surpassed a mile.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstep. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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